pimp my miroku

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Ha yes Ken.....anything adjustable can be lost in the hands of fiddlers or people who do not know what they are doing.

One of the worst attempts to raise a comb that I have seen recently was using tape and rolled up tissue /newspaper....!

 

[ExSCA]

Ha yes Ken.....anything adjustable can be lost in the hands of fiddlers or people who do not know what they are doing.

One of the worst attempts to raise a comb that I have seen recently was using tape and rolled up tissue /newspaper....!

Aaah - that'll be mine then... toilet paper and electrical tape.

When I get a suitable break in shooting I shall get an adjustable comb fitted.

 

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Aaah - that'll be mine then... toilet paper and electrical tape.

When I get a suitable break in shooting I shall get an adjustable comb fitted.

When did you do that Matt......I have not seen yours (did you do it yourself or was it done to you)?

No I was talking about one of my youngsters......who will be having a proper comb raiser very soon.

 

[ExSCA]

Mine was 'done to' me  - and looked a right mess for a few weeks after the gunfitting session (red tape anyone?) - it looked awful - especially in the field!

http://www.shootclayforum.com/uploads/monthly_08_2013/post-10-0-14390600-1377071443.jpg http://www.shootclayforum.com/uploads/monthly_08_2013/post-10-0-38394100-1377071505.jpg

I kept it temporary to ensure that the difference really helped me, and whilst it has possibly compressed a tiny bit, I still enjoy the sight picture I have (which coincidentally I think has really helped me get 2 straights at DTL in only my 2nd and 3rd attempts at it - must try that a bit more)

I have since taped over it in black tape which kind of makes it look better - but I want to get a permanent fix. 

I know that my Beretta 686 is not my last gun, so I'm comfortable with experimenting until I make a choice 'for life' - but the temporary raiser has been pretty good at helping me understand how II like the gun to fit... so when I eventually can afford that custom stock - I have an idea of what I want. 

 

[Hawkeye]

Isis do a great comb raiser of the same material as the Green pad

 

[ExSCA]

Isis do a great comb raiser of the same material as the Green pad

You don't like my toilet paper and tape combo?  :crazy:

 

[Les53]

You don't like my toilet paper and tape combo?  :crazy:

Could come in handy in an emergency mate!

 

[Santa2512]

I thought about the addon comb raiser  after purchasing my first gun, but after  being there before in other hobbys, decided to go for one up front  rather than after the fact

P38 & sandpaper would be my choice

Mart

 

[Hawkeye]

You don't like my toilet paper and tape combo?  :crazy:

You said you wanted a permanent fix

 

[ExSCA]

You said you wanted a permanent fix

I did - and I will look at that option. 

 

[Skeet UK]

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That looks about 10mm you have raised on there.

Dave at Recoil doesn't go that high as standard (max 6mm), but he may be able to make you one.

http://www.recoilsystems.com/combraiser/combraiser.asp

 

[Shaun Hopkins]

Could come in handy in an emergency mate!

Best to remove it from stock first Les could get messy :wacko:

 

[ips]

I don't understand all this after market stick on stuff or indeed any type of recoil reducer, seems a better idea to me to buy a gun that fits in the 1st place. If it fits it won't kick. I have never suffered from recoil (apart from someone else's side by side) and i am not 20st so can't imagine what cartridges some people are using or how bad there gun fit or technique must be.

 

[Hamster]

All depends on how recoil sensitive you are, I can shoot anything over 8 and a bit lbs. with 28g shells and just a half decent pad and feel OK after a 100 birds. If I want to shoot more I'd need a reducer of some kind and that makes the first 100 much nicer as well. If I shoot a light O/U or a light semi (especially the non gas types) then headaches are guaranteed after 3 stands.

Gun recoil can be lessened with good  fit but not reduced enough to fall below some peoples threshold, I wouldn't be happy with a well fitting 7.5 pounder, probably even with 24g shells.

 

[ips]

As you know hammy i know nothing about sporting but i wonder if recoil is more of an issue than trap because of the mount and swing and body position such as on those high driven things ?

 

[Hamster]

As you know hammy i know nothing about sporting but i wonder if recoil is more of an issue than trap because of the mount and swing and body position such as on those high driven things ?

I have thought long and hard about this but am pretty certain it's to do with the periods the body and head are exposed to recoil that matters. 

Trap, you fire a (single shell usually) and have maybe over a minute to recover from the trauma.

Skeet, you fire as few as 2 and rarely more than 5 then step off and recover for as long as 4-5 minutes.

ESP, you can fire as many as 10 shots within the space of less than two minutes, the cumulative effect is more serious therefore.

If someone asked you to fire off ten 36g shells with no stipulation on time, would you pop one off an hour or all ten as fast as you could load? The latter could well hurt, the former is never going to bother anyone.

 

[ips]

Makes perfect sense to me hammy, so i was sort of right

 

[Shaun Hopkins]

I don't understand all this after market stick on stuff or indeed any type of recoil reducer, seems a better idea to me to buy a gun that fits in the 1st place. If it fits it won't kick. I have never suffered from recoil (apart from someone else's side by side) and i am not 20st so can't imagine what cartridges some people are using or how bad there gun fit or technique must beI

 I guess for me recoil is not an issue but I suppose a car would still drive without shock absorbers but its certainly more comfy with then without, a good fitting gun will without a doubt reduce how recoil affects you but the law of physiques will always prevail so anything that reduces it is a good thing also as mentioned with sporting the gun angle will affect how recoil is transmitted through the body.as for stick on thingy's it can sometimes be a good way to fine tune a gun fit prior to spending money on a more permanent fix and I must say having used a neoprene pad fitted on my PFS stock a few years ago it was very comfortable on the face. :nyam:

 

[no.1topdog]

Makes me wonder how we used to cope when you could use 32g (or 1 1/8th ounce as it was then)?

And we used to shoot with basically lightweight side by side game guns before those "stack barrel" things became fashionable..

I remember the headaches and neck twinges like it was yesterday!

 

[Hamster]

Makes me wonder how we used to cope when you could use 32g (or 1 1/8th ounce as it was then)?

And we used to shoot with basically lightweight side by side game guns before those "stack barrel" things became fashionable..

I remember the headaches and neck twinges like it was yesterday!

I remember the standard field guns and 32g shell days as well but 100 birders were almost non existent, it was all 50 birder baler shoots and some even 30 bird re-entries.